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under bleb he is to act, and the results are great delay and publi c l oss in transacting the business of the gran:l J.?rey. All applic a ti ons f or public works are to go before t.. 11 special sess i ons, as at present, for investigation. A Report of the proceedings of these sessions, with all Papers and documents, i s t o b e transmitted for final union to the cou n ty b oar d . The laws relating to oe s° civil duties of grand juries are so numerous and ,intricat e , t h at some of the most eminent counsel in Irel and will n o t venture to give an opinion on matters be vo nnected with t h ese statutes, unless the particular se c ti on chapte r b e po i nted out by the solicitor who consults th. It is not surprising, therefore, that grand juries last Grand not readily comprehend such complicated laws. The 4Urand Jury Act requires that the particular section, ilauthorising,o a presentment, should be cited in each applica tnn• Any person who has atte"...acd special sessions must select how di ffi cult it is to '2,omply with this provision —to the proper sectio ts.mine• b clauses Wit Is amongst a hundred Acts, con ereesssiion, nod tout any arrangement or order of suc v.:feting to a vast variety of subjects. The detue,t nfr. - such a state of law is, that many gentlemen arc .red altogether from attending sessions, and many im ...°!tant public works are obstructed or prevented from ''lng executed. A 'distressed population is thus deprived of ePloyment, and is forced to seek relief in England and in either countries. By the Bill which he p ro p o s e d t o intro the provisions of this confused mass o f l aws were consolidated, and various amendments were introduced, tail the entire was written in plain int e lli g ibl e l anguage ._ ; ear •l This, he trusted, would be fOund an useful einvenient. Th e b oar d i s to appo i nt a b an k f or t h e r er-eipt of the taxes ; and thus losses 'from the insolvency 15f treasures would be avoided. An alteration is proposed the collection and appointment of county rates, by which t he landl or d i s made liable to a certain portion of these tal c es. Thi s p rov i s i on i s i n accor d w i th a recommendation : t t he committ ee o f 1830. Th e l an dl or d as gran d j uror ea the power orsettling.the amount of tax to be paid 11 Y is tenant in effecting permanent improvements in the r a Y of pub li c works. After a short lease, the land pen can step in and take advantage of his tenant's ex in Of late years county-rates have risen greatly r ec aino unt.-4Hear, hear.) In Waterford, within the recollection _(Hear, many pe rsons , th e rates have risen from 8/. ' I J 10/, to 1.51., 201., and even 2.5/. per ploughland. This ' se has certainly been accompanied with great improve qt in the way of roads and public works. But it is un- Jnist and unmerciful to lay the entire burden of expense on hay rack -rented tenantry. In taking a lease no tenant could lave expected such a rise in the amount of county-rates. 4 a Order to remedy this injustice, the Bill proposes that w • hen a valuation has taken place, the county treasurer shall ail hi s warrant state the poundage on the annual value pay se. by each denomination of land. And then every party v ingpaid rates directly or indirectly, may out of the rent at Payable by such party for the same property, make a -▪ function not exceeding 3-4ths of such poundage on the 411 .' 111 41 rent thus payable, as shall have been used for ascer tomi L e lig the rates in consequence whereof the deduction shall 14 141 ned• Suppose the occupier's tenement is valued at 1 . per annum, and his rent be also 1001. If he pays a le r , °4ll ,daD of Is. ate, he ca n . deduct a poundage of 9d. from i% rents ; that is to ay, if he pays 5/. he can deduct 3/. te l° ll ° ' - f ront the next rent s payable by him. But suppose that a 20 taut, having a holding valued at 100/., pays a rent of only e at ' and that his county-rate is a poundage of ls. on the 2 01 11 . 101 his farm, he can deduct a poundage of 9d. on the fs n • lent ; thatis to say, he pays 5/. rate, but he can deduct in his landlord only 15s. The clause is so drawn that, iintder it, every person will pay rates in proportion to his 1 0 erest in land. A considerable portion of the Bill relates j a t he mode of obtaining compensation for land taken or in „ t ed for public purposes. In England the amount of . corn- tensation is at once ascertained by the verdict of a jury ; 4 tit t. in Ireland the owner of land can only obtain compen aption entering a traverse to the presentment of the t rid jury. The traverse is then tried at the assizes, and amount of compensation settled by a petty jury ; the Co sts of this proceeding are paid by the tenant, who has to ei em ploy counsel and agents, and to send forward witnesses Co his Own expense. He had known occupiers to lose a rolliderable portion of their land in consequence of a new _ad being made through the best part of their farms with gout receiving any compensation whatsoever. The costs of p ro receiving would probably exceed the amount of comp.en .4°n, and they were thus deterred from obtaining justice. t ee s remedy it is proposed that the committe e . of superin se;Trij.e may settle the amount of compensation by agree ef"' with the owner. If . the owner refuses the amount ill er d, the compensation is to be determined by a jury in England. If the jury award a smaller sum than i'at offered by the committee, the costs of the ver dict ar e to be deducted from the amount of compen n, but otherwise they are to be paid by the l a . °° °tY Board. By another part of the Bill it is te ° Posed to give the County Board power to de tisterriine what tolls are to be taken or paid for the ef (I t o any public wor k execu t e d b y a con t rac t or . I tieas e e er th e grand jury l aws , a t p resen t, th e gran d j ury pos case,,d a Power o f sett li ng t h e amount o f to ll s i n certain 'to . 1 ) ;' and the Bill proposed an extension of these powers to eae,aercised by th e county b oar d. H e h a d en d eavoure d it we Ptain the principal clauses of the Bill, and he believed tail en c u nt 11,0 t necessary to enter into a more lengthened de- Nos e i , l° _,e Present occasion. The other clauses could be sehee a uilY understood when the Bill was printed. The Pro v i ‘ e s contained numerous forms suited to the various reiati sio ns e ,„ which they referred. The forms in particu l ar 11 seful' (.° the conveyance of lands, would be found to be bring i n 11 " su ffi cient. He would now move for " leave to of 4 ) is Bin for the administration of certain civil affairs k r e eal nature by county boards in Ireland." Th e W YSE seconded the motion of his Hon. Friend. Question was then put. VOTES OF THE HOUSE. kr% S c'' ARLETT, before the public business proceeded er, b e „._ e d to call the attention of the House to a cir liea7t)ance of a very serious and important nature.-(Hear, Vot TWO copies of the document usually known es the con s i de r with the Speaker's name attached, differing . very lac ed ably from each other, had been printed . and eircu tion,;, Ph, oh !) The one contained 18 notices of mo this n u : the other 20. He was desirous of knowing how 11,, 41 , 1 a.,,i 1 ce between the two had occurred. wis - e 'EAKER said it had arisen from the two notices of h the lion, Member had adverted having been given fiv etl e rY !ate h our of the night, when their having been be en W as not cl ear l y understood. They had, consequent l y, eise„, in nitted i n t h e first copy, and the second had been A ired to supply the omi ss i on . —(He ar , h ear .) one der 4 fe w words from Mr. WARD, who had given the notices, the subject dropped. L ord ‘..COUNTY BOARDS—IRELAND. t tissi e 'IIORPETH reverting to the subject, the dis ther e t: which had just been interrupted, doubted whe . alteilite Legislature was prepared to adopt so sweeping an Bill br ie ° in the system of grand jury laws as the present tO th` e .° P° 3 e• d, Without pledging himself, however, either off er P r inciple o f t h e Bill , or any of i ts details, he would oug gc ," e 4 . ° Ppositio n t o t h e H on. M em b er ' s embody i ng his Ho u ; s : . lils in the Bill which he proposed to lay before the Lea ve Was then given to bring in the Bill. I Vlr. R ITA PRIVATE BILLS. 1:"v 'very 4E, in pursuance of his notice, mo ve d, " Th a t - ttett Coate Bill, hereafter comiritted by the House to a 4 .4 e Paredtee, shal l be committed to a Select Committee of ,Members, drawn by ballot from the list or lists pre tie lii ii tl nuer the direction of Mr. Speaker, and to which tt onse ',would, by the standing orders and rules of the kr ',nave been submitted." terstal-°WLETT THOMPSON could perfectly un /too. 4 1 with what purpose a motion as that which the k°rde,,entleman had just made, could be drawn up, and 4 ,„„ bOt he felt great difficulty in conceiving how such etyr°o(Piosi▪ tion could be carried into effect with any chance ;00 . !icing beneficial results. There was no fewer than • was torbleate Bills before the House this session. What % roan e done with 240 of those Bills, after the Hon. Gen -60.....„,„f1ad disposed of the whole House with the remaining \ 41-ear h e °use - the If the lion. Gentleman divided . the vote a ",l'on the question, he should feel himself obliged to • Mrgainsl him H LIE replidied. "e Hous M e then vided, and the numbers were— NAyes .... 15 oes ***************** •• 78 siv Pin th e Majority — 63 .motiou of Mr. J. C. DUNDAS, leave. was en of an .‘" bring in a Bill to alter and amend so much cents Act of the 4th and sth of his p resent Majesty as pre p, cert a i n roentun sums osfeammen belonging to Shetland from paying on.ey payable under that Act to the sea tsB fund at Lerwick, in Shetland. . n , POOR LAWS (IRELAND) f ° l ' ‘',ERIEN rose to move for leave to b ring in a Bill b een e relief of the destitute-poo r of Ireland. -0,000/. had 1 ° g u a e s t!! n de fin inquiring into the necessity of establish xpenrein poor laws in Ireland, and he trusted this berleficittir o f t he public ' money would be followed by some r— (Hearhear.) The miserable condition i n the Poor of Ireland co u ld not, he believed, be paralleled fosan.;T:th. ben country in Europe. It would be, he thought, systeLtin benefit of the landed proprietors of Ireland that a 8114 111 d 14)f poor laws, providing for the really destitute , ° " introduced into that country. In the Bill which' Pro)," about to lay upon the table of the House, it _w as central - r e sed to establish a local administration, and also a b %Tara ) , " r d of control ; the former to be composed of the th e Go tors to the ' rates, and the latter to be paid by first veroole, d. ' responsible to Parliament. The t o st. l i i tY of the central board (which he should propose °f Is t i tulis h in Dublin) would be to divide the counties tw o rid into districts consisting of a population of nimn, thous as a minimum, y ou five thousand as a maxi (' each of which they wld allot local boards, in whom would be vested the power of assessment ; the funds to be raised by an equitable assessment, taking (as we understood the Hon. Member) the trigonometrical survey, when completed, as a basis which would be amply sufficient for the support of the destitute poor. The able bodied poor might be provided for by a well-arranged plan of emigration, which, however, should be under the controul of the Emigration Board, and he should propose that emi gration be assisted by grants. The colonization of waste lands might form another channel through which much of the misery of the Irish poor might be drawn off.—( Hear, hear.) He would also recommend that medical charities be more generally as well as more impartially distributed through the country, as they constituted one very great re source of the poor in Ireland. The Hon. Member con cluded by'moving for leave to lay his Bill on the table of the House. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD seconded the mo tion, which was agreed to. PRISONERS IN THE HULKS.; Mr. HUME wished to ask the Noble Lord near him if any measures had been taken to send out of the country those persons sentenced to transportation who were at pre sent confined in the hulks? - Lord JOHN ' RUSSELL said he should take the subject into consideration as soon as possible. TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY (IRELAND). , Mr. O'BRIEN moved that there be laid upon the table of the House a statement of the progress which has been made in the trigonometrical survey of Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re quested the Hon. Member to withdraw his motion, as the information h• required could not be obtained by it. _ After a few words from Sir J. ELLEY and Mr. JERVIS, Mr. O'BRIEN withdrew his motion. , SALT MONOPOLY IN INDIA. Mr. WILBRAHAM moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to consider the state of the salt mono poly in India. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE did not feel himself justified in opposing a motion for inquiry into the results of this mo noply after the petitions his Hon, Friend had presented on the subject. Without, therefore, pledging himself to any course, he was prepared, in the spirit of fairness, to agree to the motion. Mr. HUME approved of the appointment of the Corn mittee. The motion was then agreed to. On the Committee being named, Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN protested against there not being the name of a single Irish Member on the Committee. Mr. HUME protested against the complaint of the Hon. Member. He had repeatedly proposed the names of Irish Members on Committees, and he always found that they attended less than any other Members.—(A laugh.) The Committee was then appointed._ _ Mr. HUME, at the request of his Right Hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade, was prepared for the present to postpone his motion for a return of the amount levied on British ships St. Peiersburgh and other Fo reign ports, for the support of the English Episcopal Church in those countries. BRIDE WELL AND BETHLEM HOSPITALS. Mr. HUME moved for a return of accounts of receipts and expenditure of Bridewell and Bethlem hospitals in 1833 and 1834, and reports respecting the same. CHARGE OF COLLECTION OF THE PUBLIC REVENUE After a few words from Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, the motion was agreed to. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the charges of collec tion of the public revenue of the United Kingdom for the year ending sth Jan. 1886, spewing under separate gene ral heads the sums paid for the same out of the money re ceived on account of duties and taxes by the Customs, Ex cise, Stamps, Taxes, and Post-Office departments ; also a return, showing the several Acts of Parliament and clauses of the same, or other legal sanctions, (if any) under which the said departments, or the Commissioners of the Trea sury are employed to empower the money received on ac count of duties and taxes in making payments for charges of collection on the public revenue ; also a return, show ing the new buildings which have been erected by the said departments, and paid for out of the duties and taxes since the year 1820, on any of which buildings a greater sum than 5,0001. has been expended since the year 1815. The Honourable Member observed that three or four millions of money was expended annually in defraying the charges of collection, which never came under the vote of the House. He was of opinion that every farthing expended should be, under the sanction of Parliament. The whole amount collected should be paid into the Exchequer, and then the necessary expenses of collection should be paid afterwards. Until this was done, they never could have an efficient control over this large amount of money. If the Chancellor of the Exche quer had no objection, he should also like to know what amount had been expended on buildings for the revenue departments, and by what authority public money on its way to the Exchequer was stopped and devoted to such objects. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objection to the motion. He agreed with his Hon. Friend that it was not right to lay out large sums on public build ings without the sanction of Parliament, but this bad not been done since 1830. The second part of the motion had reference to the collection of the revenue, which had always been considered as a part of the prerogative of the Crown. After a few observations from Mr. G. F. YOUNG, Dr. BOWRING, and Mr. THONELY, the motion was agreed to. SLAVES COMPENSATION BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, this Bill was read a third time and passed. IRISH MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS' BILL. On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the Municipal Corporations Amendment Bill went into Com mittee, Mr. Bernal in the chair. Clauses 1 to 9 were agreed to,.with some verbal amend ments. _ _ Dr. LUSHINGTON remarked, upon the 10th clause being proposed, that the Society of Friends had a very great objection to the declaration contained in this Bill, which they regarded as amounting to an oath, although no form of adjuration was contained in it. In an amended Bill, he felt, however, that the objection could not be removed, as some might suppose that there was a security in having such a declaration. If a Bill were introduced for the repeal of such declarations, it should be supported by him. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL should feel, he said, great pleasure in supporting any Bill repealing that portion of the 9th George IV. which created the difficulty. Upon the 11th clause being proposed, Mr. LAWSON should object to the multiplying of too many petty jurisdictions. He should divide the House upon the question that the clause stand part of the Bill. The House then divided : For the clause Against it Majority The remaininr , portion of the Bill was then agreed to. Mr. SANFORD moved the insertion of a clause for the purpose of giving to the borough of Yeovil the benefit of the Bill. _ _ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that his own opinion was entirely in favour of the claims of the borough of Yeovil to participate in the benefits of the Municipal Reform Act. He thought, however, it would be inexpe dient, after the opposition which had been made against those claims elsewhere, to press them on an occasion like the present. The clause was accordingly withdrawn. STAFFORD DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Mr. DIVETT moved e second reading of this Bill. Captain CHETWYND said, as the representative of that old, and populous, and respectable corporation, whose liberties it was now sought, without any colour of justice, to take away, be should oppose the motion. There were 1,300 electors in the town, out of a population of 8,000. For 600 years they had returned Members to that house, and amongst :them some of the most brilliant lights that ever shone in Parliament. (The Hon. Member here made a very flattering reference to Mr. Sheridan.) Until the last accusation the integrity of the electors was never impeached. The alleged crime was of so old a date as four years and a half, and he contended that if the criminality were then suf ficiently established, the punishment would have followed sooner. It was monstrous, and contrary to all equity and law, to visit the present electors of Stafford with the punish ment said, but not proved, to be due to the delinquencies of about five years' standing. He should be the last to defend corruption, but lie had ample means of proving that the allegations in the report laid before the House were many of them utterly false, and some of them impossible. (The Hon. Member entered into a few details of the perfidious conduct of some individuals, who, he said, betrayed their party, and gave false evidence.) The purity of election was fully established at the last election. A committee was ap pointed in the town to detect or expose any species of cor ruption or bribery, either on the part of the candidate or electors. He asked for investigation into the state of the constituency at the last election, and it was refused him. He would resist the Bill to the last, as a great injury and injustice ,to the electors of Stafford. The Hon. Member moved an amendment, that the Bill be read that day six months. Mr. DIVETT said the good conduct of the electors of Stafford at the last election was only a deathbed repentance. —(A laugh.) Ample proof had been given to the House that four-fifths of the constituency were corrupt. Mr. HOWARD was understood to support the ori ginal motion. Mr. LAW said so important a question ought not to be disposed of at that late hour and in such a thin House. He then moved an adjournment. • Air. F. BARING opposed the motion - of adjournment. Mr. COPELAND said he would support the motion of adjournment, and if that were lost he would vote for the amendment. Mr. BROTHERTON said the question was brought on before twelve o'clock, otherwise he would have moved as usual, the adjournment at that hour. The House then divided on the question of adjourn. ment, when there appeared— For the adjournment Against it Majority _ _sl The House again divided on the second reading of the Bill, when there appeared— Aglionby, H. A. Anson, Sir G. ' Attwood, T. Ball, N. Barnard, E. G. Bellew, It. M. Bowes, I'. Blake, M. J. Bodkin, John James Brady, Denis C. Brocklehurst, J. Buller, Sir J. Y. Campbell, Sir John Cave, [)may Childers, J. W. Collier, John Denison, W. J. Divett, E. Dottin, Abel Rous Duncombe, T. S. Elphinstone, Howard ) Ewart, W. For the second reading Against it Majority —47 STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions of the Standing Orders Com mittee were reported and agreed to :- 1. That it does not appear to this Committee that the parties advocating the passing of the Wakefield Water Bill, have omitted to comply with the Standing Orders of this House respecting Reservoirs and Aqueducts for sup plying cities and towns with water, as applicable to the case brought before them. That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 2. That in the case of the Durham South West Junc tion Railway Petition the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with. That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on application being made to the. Trustees of the Bowes and Durham, and of the Darlington and West Auckland Turnpike Roads, and that such application be proved before the Committee on the Bill. 3. That in the case of the Ulster Canal Petition the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with. That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on deposit ing the lists of owners and occupiers in the Private Bill Office forthwith. (dam, Admiral Sir C (rchdall, General Bagot, Hon. W. Baillie, H. D. Bainbridge, E. T. Barclay, C. Barneby, John Bateson, Sir R. Beauclerk, Major Bethell, R. Biddulph, R. M. Blackstone, W. S. Bo:ling, W. Bonham, F. R. Bowes, J. Bridgman, Hewitt Broth erton, J. Brownrigg, J. S. Buckingham, J. S. Byng, G. S. Ca'craft, G. H. Chandos, Marquis of Chaplin, T. Chapman, M. L. Chetwynd, Captain Churchill, - Lord C. S. Clay, W. Clerk, Sir G., Bart. Clive, E. B. Codrington, C. W. rdrington, Sir E. Colborne, N. W. R. Cole, Hon. A. Compton, H. C. Conolly, E. M. Corry, H. L. Crawford, W. S. Crewe, Sir G. D'Albiac, Sir C. . Dillwyn, L. W. Dowdeswell, W. E. Duffield, T. D. Dunbar, George Duncombe, W. Duncombc, A. Dundas, J. C. Dunlop, C. Eaton, Richard J. Egerton, W. 'l'. En twist! e, J:hn Feilden, W. Fergus, John Ferguson, R. Fergusson, G. Finn, W. F. Gasket), J. M. Glynne, Sir S. E. Goring, H. 1). Graham, Sir J. R. G. Grattan, H. JORITY—NOES, 1 Grimston, Lord Guest, J. J. Iralford, H. Hall, B. Hamilton, Lord C. Hardinge, Sir H. Harland, W. Harvey, D. W. Hawes, B. Hayes, Sir E. Heathcoat, J. Henniker, Lord Hodges, T. L. Hodges, 'P. T. Hogg, J. W. Hoskins, K. Houldsworth, T. Inglis, Sir R. H. Irton, S. Knatchbull, Sir E. Knightley, Sir C. Labouchere, H. Leader, John l'emple Lefroy, Dr. T. Lincoln, Earl of Longfield, R. Lowther H. C. Lucas, E. Lushington, C. Lygon. Colonel Lynch, A. H. Mackenzie, J. A. S. M'Taggart, John Maher, John Mahon, Lord Marjoribanks, S. Marshall, W. Maule, Hon. Fox Maunsell, T. P. Maxwell, H. Meynell, H. Molcsworth, Sir W. Mosley, Sir 0. Nagle, Sir R. North, F. O'Ferrall, R. M. O'Neill, J B. R. Ossulston, Lord Paget, F. II Paliner, R. Parker, M. E. N; Parnell, Sir H. Patten, Wilson Pattison, James Pechell, G. B. Peel, Sir It. Peel, \V. Y. Pelham, C. A. W Pendarves, E. W. Pigot, R. 4. That in the case of the Glamorganshire Canal Peti tion the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with. That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on de positing the necessary documents in tho Private Bill Office forthwith. .5. That in the case of the Aylesbury Railway Petition the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with. That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 6. That in the case of the North Midland Railway Pe tition for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. Report to lie on the table. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned, at a quarter to one o'Clock. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2. POOLE BOROUGH. Adam, Admiral Aglionby, H. A. Ainsworth, Peter klston, Rowland Anson, G. Astley, Sir Jacob Attwood, T. • Bagshaw, John Baines, E. Baldwin, Dr. Ball, N. Bannerman, A. Baring, F. T. Barry, G. S. Bellew, R. M. Bellew, Sir P. Bentinck, Lord G. Berkeley, F. Berkeley, C. Bernal, R. Bcwes, T. Biddulph, R. Bish, T. Blake, M. J. Blunt, Sir C. Bodkin, John James Bowring, Dr. Brady, D. C. Bridgman, H. Brocklehurst, J. Brodie, W. P. Brotherton, J. • Browne D. Butler, 'Hon. P. S. Buxton, 'l'. F. Byng, Captain C am pbell, Sir J. C ave , Otway C ave ndish, Hon. C. Ch a lmers, P. .Chichester, J. P. B. Clayton, Sir W. Clive, E. E. Cockerel!, Sir C. Collier, J. C ra wford, W. S. Crawley, S. Crompton, S. Curteis, H. Dalmeny, Lord D'Eyncourt, C. T. Dillwyn, L. W. Denkin, Sir R. Dunbar, George D unco mbe, T. S. Dundas, 'l'. Dundas, J. D. Dunlop, C. Elphinstone, H. Etwall, R. Evans, G. Ewart, W. Ferguson, R. C. Finn, W. F. TELLERS. Poulter, J. S. Ord, W. H. Baillie, Joseph Balfour, Bateson, Sir Bl ac kstone, W. S. Bolling, W. Bonham, Francis It. Borthwick, Peter BralllStOD, T. W. Brownrigg, J. S. Bruen, Colonel H. Burrell, Sir C. M. Chisholm, A. Clerk, S,r G. Cole, Hon. A. Cripps, J. D'Albiac, Sir C. Eastnor, Viscount Egerton, W. Elley, Sir J. Elwes, J. P. EAcourt, T. G. B. Fancourt, C. a. J. Fector, John Ilinet Finch, G. . :NORITY—NOES, Fleming, Admiral Forties, W. Freshfield, J. W. Gaskell, J. M. • Gladstone, W. Gladstone, T. Glynne, Sir S. Greisley, Sir R. Grimston, Hon. E. Hale, Robert B. Halse, J. Hardlnge, Sir H. Hardy, J. Henr.iker, Lord Hoy, J. B. Jackson, Serjeant Jones, Wilson Jones, Captain Knatchbull, Sir E. Lefroy, A. Lefroy, Dr. F. Lincoln, Lord L9ngfleld, R. TELLERS. Hogg, J. W. NORITY-AYES, Aglionby, H. A. ilowring, Dr. Bridgeman, Hewitt Crawford, W. S. Elphinstone, H. Marsiaad, H. Maim, W. F. O'Connell, D. Rundle, J. Thompson, T. P. Tulk, C. A. Wakley, Thomas Williams, W. Wyse, T. Young, G. F. Agnew, Sir A. Bantle, Colonel Barnard, E. G. Barneby, John Bewes, T. Bolling, W. Brocklehurst, J. Brodie, W. B. Brotherton, J. Bruen, H. Calmaft, J. H. Cripps, J. Divett E. Dundas, T. Estcoutt T. G. B. Fector,John Minet Feilden, W. Forbes, W. Gisborne, T. Gordon, t. Goulburn' H. Graham, Sir J. Grattan, H. Hale, R. Hardy, J. Heathcote G. J. Hindley, C. .JORITY—NOES, Hodges, T L Hogg, J. W. Horsman, E. Howard, P. H. Hoy, J. B. Johnstone, J. J. H. Kirk, P. Lefroy, T. Lincoln, Earl of: Lister, E C. Longtield, H. Lowther, J. H. Lucas, E. Lynch, A. H. M`Leod, M. Marjoribanks, S. Maunsell, T. F. Morpeth, Viscount Moseley, Sir 0. • Murray, J. A. Nichol], J. North, F. O'Brien, W. Smith O'Loghlen, Sergeant Ord, W. H. Paeke, C. W. Peel, Sir R. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH. 4, 1836. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and t i tioceedings of the House of Commons.) I‘foNDAY, FEB. 29. LONDON AND GRAVESEND RAILWAY BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed—" That the Bill be now read a second time . "—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question :—The House divided : . rORITY—AYES, 63. Fleming, J. Pinney, W. Forbes, W. Power, James Gisborne, T. Rundle, John Grey, Colonel Russell, C. Hay, Sir A. L. Ruthven, E. Humphery, J. Sanford, E. A. Hutt, W. Stuart, Lord James Lawson, A. Stuart, W. V. Lefevre, C. S. Talbot, J. H. Lemon, Sir C. Tancred, H. \V. Lennox, Lord G. Thompson, T. P. Lennox, Lord A. Tooke, W. Lister, E. C. Villiers, C. P. Marsland, H. Vivian, C. C. Morpeth, Viscount Walker, R. Musgrave, Sir R. Warburton, H. O'Brien, W. S. Westenra, Hon. J. C. O'Connell, J. Wilbraham, G. Oliphant, L. Wilks, J. O'Loghlen, Sergeant TELLRES. Paeke, C. W. Geary, Sir W. Parrott, J. Hoy, J, B. Plunkett, Hon. R. Potter, R. Poulter, J. S. Praed, J. B. Pusey, Philip Rice, T. S. Ridley, Sir M. W. Robinson, G. R., Roebuck, J. A. Ross, C. Russell, Lord J. Russell, Lord Charles Ryle, J. Scott, Sir E D. Scrope, G. P. Sharpe, General Sheldon, E. R. C. Sheppard, T. Sibthorp, Colonel Somerset, Lord E. Somerset, Lord G. Stanley, E. Stanley, Lord Stanley, E. J. Steuart, R. Strickladd, Sir G. Strutt, Edward Sturt, H. C. Surrey, Earl of Tennent, Emerson Thomas, Colonel Thompson, Ald. Thorneley, Thomas Trench,:Sir Frederick Trevor, A. Trevor, Hon. G. R. Tulk, Charles A. Twiss, Horace Tynte, C. J. K. Vere, Sir C. B. Verner, W. Vesey, Hon. T. Wakley, Thomas Wall, B. Wigney, I. N. Wilbraham, R. B. Williams, R. Williams, W. Williams, W. A. Williamson, Sir H. Winnington, Sir T. Winnington, H. J. E. Wood, C. Wrottesley, Sir J. Wyse, Thomas Young, G. F. Young, Sir W. L TELLERS. Angerstein, John Young; Debate resumed on Question [2sth February], " That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the circumstances attend ing the late Election of the Municipal Council of the Borough of Poole •"—Question again stated :—Amendment proposed, to leave out: from the word " into " to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, "an alleged intention of the Town Council of Poole to dispose of the property of the Corporation pending the trial of legal proceedings, questioning the right of the persons composing the raid Town Council to act, as Town Councillors ; and into the best and speediest means of preventing such disposal of the said property," instead thereof:—(Mr. Winthrop Praed .) —Question proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ? "—Question put :A—The House divided; MAJORITY—AYES, 188. Fitzroy, Lord C. Pattison, J. Fitzsimon, C. Pechell, Captain Folkes, Sir W. Pendarves, E. W. Forster, C. Phillipps, C. M. Gaskell, O. Potter, It. Gillon, W. D. Power, J. Gisbirne, T. Poyntz, W. S. Gordon, R. Pryse, I'. Goring, H. D. Rainsbotton, J. • Grattan, H. Rickford, W. Grey. Sir a Roche, W. Grote, G. Roche, D. Hall, B. Roebuck, J. A. Harland, W. C. Rolfe, Sirlll. M. . Hawes, B. Rundle, J. Hawkins, J. H. Russell, Lord C. J. F I-lay, Sir A.L. Ruthven, F. Heathcoat, J. Sanford, E. A. Hector, C. J. Scott. Sir E. Hindley, Charles Sharpe, General Hodges, 'l'. L. , Shell, R. L. Hodges, 'l'. T. ' Sheldon, E. llorsman E. Sheppard, T. Howard, E. G. Sinclair, Sir G. Howard, P. H. Smith, R. J. Hume, Joseph Smith, R. Vernon Jephs-m, C. D. 0. Spry, S. T. Jervis, J. Stanley, E. G. Kemp, T. R. Steuart, R. King, E. B. Strutt, E. Labouchere, H. Stuart, Lord J. Lambton, H. Stuart, Villiers Leader, J. I`. Surrey, Elrl of Lefcvre, C. S. Talbot, J. H. Lennard, T. B. 'faltered, H. W. Lennox, Lord G. Thompson, T. B. Lennox, Lord A. Thompson, T. P. Lewis, D. Thorneley, Thomas lister ' E. C. Townley, R. G. Loch, J. Trelawney, Sir W. Lush ington, Charles Troubridge, Sir T. Macleod, R. Tulk, C. A. Mangles, J. Turner, W. Marjoribanks, S. Tynte, C. K. K. Marshall, W. Verney, Sir H. Marsland, H. Villiers, Charles Martin, T. Vivian, J. H. Maule, Hon. Fox Wakley, Thomas Molesworth, Sir W. Warburton, 11. Morpeth, Viscount Ward, H. G. Morrison, J. Westenra, Hon. J. Mostyn, E. White, S. Mullins, F. W. Wigney, I. N. Murray, JA. Wilde, I'. ' O'Brien, W. S. Williams, W. O'Connell, M. J. Williamson, Sir H. O'Connell, Morgan Winninton, H. O'Connor Don Wood, Alderman O'Ferrall, More Woulfe, Sergeant Oliphant, L. Young, G. F. O'Loghlen, M. Ord, W. Oswald, R. A. Parrott, J Lowther, J. H. M.rdaunt, Sir J. O'Neil, J. Parker, M. Pemberton, Thomas Perceval, Colon 1 Plumptie, J. P. Polhill, Frederick Praed, J. Rae, Sir William Rushbrook, Robert Sibthorp, Colonel Somerset, Lord C. Stanley, E.' Tennent, J. E. Thomas, Colonel Trevor, Hon. A. Twiss, Horace _ Vere,'Sir C. 8., Bart. Wyndham, W. H. Wynn, Right Hon. C. Scaßett, R. C. THURSDAY, ➢fARCH 3. COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. Motion made, and Question proposed,—That every Private Bill, hereafter committed by the House'to a Committee, shall be com mitted to a Select Committee of 15 Members, drawn by ballot from the list or lists prepared, under the direction of Mr. Speaker, and to which the Bill would, by the Standing Orders and Rules of the House, have been submitted :"—Question put :—The House divided ; . _ TELLERS. Hume, Joseph Roebuck, J. A. Phillipps, C. M. Plumptrc, J. I'. Poulter, J. Price, Samuel Grove Pringle, A. Rice, I'. S. Rickford, W. Ross, C. Russell, Los d John Scott, Ehr E. Sc rope, P. Somerset, Lord G. Stanley, Lord Strickland, Sir G. Strutt, E. Thomas, Colonel Thomson, C. P. Thornely, T. Villiers, Charles P. Vivian, John Ennis Walter, J. Wigney, I. N. Wilbraham, G. Woulfe, Sergeant TELLERN. Stanley, E. J Hay, Sir A. L. On Friday afternoon, as Lord March was leaving Chichester for Goodwood, with a horse and gig, the animal by some means took fright in East-street, and ran away at a furious rate towards East Gate, where, in coming into that dangerous passage the Dardanelles, it came in contact with a horse and small waggon, which it completely upset, and threw the man to whom i t b elonged (Fow l es ) out w i t h great v i o l ence . In the next moment the wheel of the gig came against a post, on the other side of the road, when his Lordship, and the servant who was with him, were precipitated to the ground. We have great pleasure in stating that none of them received any material injury. This is the second accident that has occurred on that spot within the last week. This p assage is by far th e greatest nuisance on the line of road between Brighton and Portsmouth.—Hampshire Telegraph. During the last three weeks, at the Newbury market, the price of wheat has actually risen eight shillings per quarter. The farmers are in• high spirits, and a party of them at • dinner in one of the inns last week, in remem brance of th e o ld en t i me , and in hopes of a return to i t , posi tively drank th ree b ott l es of wino, and entirely astonished the unaccustomed landlord, UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CLASSICAL TRIPOS. CAMBRIDGE, MARCII 4. EXAMINERS.—John Frederick Isaacson, B. D. St. John's College ; John Gibson, M. A. Sidney Sussex College ; Ho ratio Samuel Hildyard, M. A. St. Peter's College; Charles Merivale, M. A. St. John's College. FIRST CLASS.—Osborne, Trinity; Marsh, St. John's; Bate son, St. John's ; Mansfield, Trinity ; Smith, J. 1., Trinity ; Turner, R. E., Trinity ; Gambier, Trinity ; Cotton, Trinity ; Frere, Trinity; Walford, Trinity; Clayton, Caius; Atkinson, Trinity. SECOND CLASS.—Jeudwine, G., St. John's; Thompson, Emmanuel ; Campbell, Trinity ; Richardson, Trinity; Thorp, Emmanuel; Whitworth, Clare; Cooke, St. John's; Wilkin son, St. John's; Swinny, Magdalen; Fellowes, St. John's; Clarke, T. J., St. John's. THIRD CLASS.—Milner, E. W., Pemb. ; Moore, Queen's; Tennant, Trinity ; Chapman, St. John's ; Keymer, Pemb. ; Hudson,. St. John's ; Walton, Trinity; Adcock, Clare ; Pol lock, Trinity ; Hoare, St. John's ; Cousins, St. Peter's ; Meade, St. Peter's ; Jackson, Pemb. Yesterday the Rev. W. Law, M. A., assistant Tutor of Trinity college, in this University, was presented to the rectory of Orwell, in this county. Patrons : the Master and Fellows of Trinity college. On Wednesday last, Charles John Vaughan, of Trinity college, was elected Craven scholar. Havilland de Saumarez, B. A., of Caius college, in this university, has been elected a Fellow of Pembroke college, Oxford, on the nomination of the Deau and Jurats of the Island of Guernsey. The Bishop of Norwich has instituted the Rev. Martin John Lloyd, M. A., of St. John's college, in this university, and domestic chaplain to the Duke of Richmond, to the rectory of Depden, Suffolk ; patron, the Crown. The Rev. John Osborne Seager, B. A., of Trinity college, in this university, and second master of Stamford grammar school, has been appointed to the head-mastership of Stevenage school. The Rev. S. B. Maughan, of Clare-hall, in this university, has been presented to the perpetual curacy of Melburn, Nor thumberland. The Rev. Thomas Dealtry, B. C. L., of Catherine-hall, in this university, has been appointed Archdeacon of • Calcutta, in the room of the Archdeacon Currie, resigned ; patron, the Bishop of Calcutta. The Rev. Michael Ward, L. L. 8., has been instituted to the rectory of Stiffkey with Morston in Norfolk, on the pre sentation of Lord Charles Vere Ferrars Townshend. The select preacher at St. Mary's for the present month is the Rev. Thomas Dale, of Corpus Christi College. At a congregation on Wednesday last the following de grees were conferred : BACHELOR IN DlVlNlTY.—Reverend Joseph Prendergast, Queen's College. MASTER OF ARTS.—James Henry Willan, St. John's Col le e. ° BACHELOR IN THE CIVIL .LAW.—Hugh Penfold, Trinity Hall. BACHELORS OF ARTS.—Rev. S. H. Widderington, Magda len College, (comp.); James Patrick Royle, Trinity Col lege ; Henry Cotton Arden, Trinity College ; Charles Wiglesworth Lamprell, Clare Hall ; George William Ker ridge, Trinity Hall ; Thomas Blackall, Caius College ; Robert John Harrison, Emmanuel College. At tile same congregation the Rev. Stephen Reay, M. A. , of St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, was admitted ad eundern. At the same congregation the following graces passed the Senate : To authorize the Registrary to transfer the University Muniments from the present office in the Old Court of King's College to a room in the Pitt Press, as a temporary Register Office. • To appoint the Vice-Chancellor, • the Mastes of Jesus, the Master of Christ's, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Whewell, Mr. Hughes, of St. John's ; Mr. Bowstead, Mr. Isaacson, Mr. Smith, o f Caius ; Mr. Pbilpott, and Mr. Phillips, of Queen's ; a Syndi cate, to consider whether any and what alterations may be made in the Previous Examination, and in the Examination for B. A. degrees. The under-mentioned gentlemen were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, at Buckden, on Sunday last, the 28th of February :-- DEACONS.—George Knight, B. A., St. Edmund's Hall, Ox ford ; Joseph Martin Lister, 8.A., Trinity Coll., C om b. ; Anthony Pulley, B. A ., Christ's Coll., Camb. ; Henry Ripley, 8.A., St. John's Coll., Camb. ; Charles Henry Tyler, 8.A., Trinity Coll., Oxford. With Letters Dim. from the Bishop of Norwich—Henry Asker, B. A., Cores Christi Coll., Camb. ; Christopher Brome Barrow, B. A., Cams Coll., Camb. ; John Edmund Cox, All Souls' Coll., Oxford ; Henry Finch, 8.A., Christ's Coll., Camb. ; Thomas Broadley Fooks, B. A., late Fellow of New Coll., Oxford ; Henry James, B. A., Trinity Coll., Camb. ; Edward Hoare, B. A., Scholar of Trinity Coll., Camb. ; Jacob Hugo North, 8.A., Trinity Coll., Camb. ; Henry Ready, 13. A., St. John's Coll., Camb. ; Robert Courtenay Windham, 'l3. A., Brazenose Coll., Oxford. With Letter Dim. from Bishop of Chichester—George Cur teis Luxford, B. A.; Trinity Coll., Camb. With Letter. Dim. from Bishop of Rochester—Frederick Osborne Smith, B. A., Christ's Coll., Camb. With Letter Dim. from Bishop of Exeter—James Cory Kempe, 8.A., St. John's Coll., Camb. PRIESTS.—Hugh Arthur Bishop, B. A. Catharine hall, Cambridge; Henry Green, B. A., Magdalene college, Cam bridge; Joseph Hamilton, M. A., Pembroke college, Oxford ; Amos Hayton, B. A., Queen's college, Oxford ; William Delabene Marsden, B. A., Fell. Cath. hall, Cambridge ; Henry Tuffnell Young, B. A., Balliol college, Oxford ; Wad dington Clarke Hanson, B. A., Pemb. hall, Cambridge; Thos. Lawrence, M. A., Exeter College, Oxford ; George Trevor, S. C. L., Magdalene hall, Oxford ; Thomas Wall, M. A., Caius college, Cambridge. With Letters Dim. from Bishop of Norwich. The Bishop of Lincoln's next ordination will be held at Buckden on Trinity Sunday, the 29th of May. Candidates are required to send their pnpers to his Lordship before the 17th of April. IRISH MUNICIPAL 'REFORM BILL• The Scotch Reformers hate taken the field betimes in favour of their Irish brethren. We have some days been in possession of a copy of a petition from the inhabitants of Greenock, in favour of Irish Municipal Reform. They state that they duly appreciate the benefits resulting from the liberal measure of Municipal Reform granted to Scot land three years ago, and that they have derived much satisfaction from seeing a system of the same enlightened character more recently established in England, and that " They are earnestly desirous that their fellow-subjects of Ireland should be placed on the same favourable footing, being persuaded that a liberal system of municipal election in that country, by producing mutual confidence and good-will be tween the people and the local authorities, would greatly assist in healing the divisions which have so long afflicted that portion of the empire, and would thereby advance the happiness of the nation at large." The petition has received numerous signatures, and the example of Greenock will be speedily followed in other parts of Scotland. In an answer from Mr. O'Connell to a letter inviting him to attend a meeting in the Common Hall, on Monday next, for the abolition of the taxes on knowledge, he very properly calls on the Reformers of London to bestir them selves in favour of Ireland at this important crisis. We trust the citizens of London will do their duty. What ever benefits Ireland must benefit the nation at large. The Greenock petitioners view the matter in the proper light. The enemies of the people always seek to divide them. But England, Ireland, and Scotland, have no separate in terests ; when one of these divisions of the empire suffers, the other divisions must suffer also. This great truth must be constantly present to us, that we are as much interested in the welfare of Ireland as the Irish themselves. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. La ruse la mien' ourdie Peut nuire a sou inventeur, Et seuvent la perildie Retourne sur sou auteur. La Fontaine. Sir,—The English are pre-eminently distinguished for that rara avis common sense—that indefinable kind of talent which makes them come to right conclusions intui tively, and is by far the most valuable safeguard of their liberties ; notwithstanding, therefore, that the Tories are moving heaven and earth to blacken the character of Mr. O'Connell, and throw odium upon all who may be disposed to defend him, I feel confident that the plain, straight forward, anti-humbug people of England will see through the whole job, and tear off the flimsy veil of sophistry with which it is covered. If, however, any man is disposed to halt between two opinions, let him candidly look at the animus displayed in the investigation ; let him c a ll t o m i n d bow for the last two months the pack have hallooed each other on in the work of slander ; let him reflect on the gene rous sentiments that inspire his accusers, as evinced in the never-to-be-forgotten speech of their precious little leader— Lord Stanley. The Tories—the honest Tories—the pure Conservatives—they who bad never sanctioned election bribery or intrigue—neveidefended the system of close bo roughs —never sought or attained power per nefas—how was it to be expected that their uninitiated olfactory nerves could endure even the most distant odour of corruption ? Their associates must be not only not guilty,: but, like them selves, clean from head to foot, and unsuspected. Some mur murs have indeed been heard of party feeling, prejudices, &c. ; but these are simply idle ebullitions. What could animate Messrs. STANLEY, SCARLETT, RAPHAEL, HARDY, et id genus omne, but a stern law of country and justice, a vigorous sense of right, such as MANLIUS might have glo ried in possessing ? Oh ! the patriotism of Tories ! HOw beautifully it shines with its new varnish, " prick'd from the chaff and ruin of the times !" How pellucid Its source ! how guileless its operations! Nec viget quidquam simile, aut seeundum. The greatest mishaps are often productive, in the end, of some good ; and I will venture to say that neither RA PHAEL nor HARDY will ever again seek notoriety in the most dangerous of all games, practical jokes. The sole ob ject of these worthies was to inculpate Mr. O'Connell ; this was to " be the be-all and the end-all ;" but, alas / the the hands that set the trap are themselves caught in it. The tables are turned, and the plaintiffs become defendants. The prosecutors must answer charges, and grave ones too ; they it is who are suspected, and must feel the lash pre pared for their victim. We shall see of what stuff Carlow Conservatism is made. Raphael, poor creature, could not foresee this—but solemn John Hardy should have known better than to have participated in the transaction. The Member for Bradford, who is, I believe, a Reformer, ought to have been better acquainted with the " slippery turns" of his adversaries ; but experientia docet, and he will not again be so ready in offering his services as the Sancho Panza of an " incomprehensible" vagabond. The Tories, be it observed, have taken no pains to con ceal their motives. The more cautious are silent, but the many whose judgments are swamped by their feelings dis close to view the one grand object—the destruction of O'Con nell. His energy, his enthusiasm, his undaunted perseve rance and nervous eloquence, all daily and hourly employed in demolishing what they most venerate, render him an enemy dangerous in the extreme, and sinking minor considerations, the delenda est Carthago is the motto' of the unanimous body. With their accustomed short-sight edness, and eager for revenge, they behold only the perish ing individual, and completely pats over principles that cannot die. They forget that were success to crown their efforts, O'Connell's influence would be increased a thou sand fold ; they forget that persecution, like charity, covers a multitude of sins, and throws a halo of consecrated glory round the head of the political martyr ; they forget that the probing knife of Reform searches and lays bare the in nermost workings of all public measures, which are no longer allowed to sap in secret the foundations of Liberty. Mr. O'Connell the other evening rightly applied the epi thet " dangerous " to his influence ; but who first produced it ? Could such an inzperiunz in imperio exist if there were not " something rotten in the state of Denmark"—if justice had always been duly administered ? As a distinguished foreigner, who has recently been among us, well observes with respect to the position and power of O'Connell: " This, say some, is merely a consequence of the madness and revolutionary tendency of our times. But is this really a satisfactory answer? Whence come, then, that madness and that tendency unless there were political quacks who first produce the madness and then complain of it e# The roots of his extraordinary influence are deeply planted in the aching hearts of thousands who are continually wa tering them with their tears. The oppressed, the hungry, the infirm, the broken-hearted cling to their eloquent ad vocate, and prompt him with those burning expressions of indignation, and that shrill cry for redress which make his adversaries turn pale with rage and shame. A renegade Press may continue to aim its venemous shafts against him, and public men of some weight may degrade themselves to the level of common liars;; yet will O'Connell come trium phant out of the storm, with power unshaken, and autho rity undiminished. Do JUSTICE TO IRELAND—his sove reign wand crumbles into nothingness. MILO. * " England in 1835," by M. Von Raumer. The public are indebted to the Atheneum for several extracts from this interesting work, which will shortly be published, translated by Mrs. Austin. The Berlin Professor is already well known to the learned world, and he appears to have been an acute and impartial observer of our " sayings and doings." I should for one, however, have been more pleased with him had he not spoken somewhat disparagingly of Lord BROUGHAM ; wantonly abused the French ; and though last, assuredly not least—sneered at the Grisi ! Now, it seems to me that of these offences the first was out of place, the second out of date, and the third out of spleen. Cuo is, after all, only one of the nine. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S. THE PORTLAND HANDICAP, P.P. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Mundig 6 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Dacre 7 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Revenge 7 to 1 agst Mr. Sowerby's Rioter 8 to 1 agst Mr. Cooke's Brother to Hope 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Hornsea—taken 7 to 4 agst Birdlime, Rioter, and Revenge—taken OAKS. 16 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Skilful—taken THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Nell Gwynne—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Mummy—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Brother to Maria 15 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Muezzin, Bro. to Beiram 20 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bro. to Bamfylde 25 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Neva colt—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Alfred 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwick's Aaron colt—taken ST. ALBAN'S STEEPLE CHASE. Notwithstanding the insignificant amount contributed to the stake by the town, and the consequent smallness of the entry, this race attracted a highly respectable company, and went off with considerable spirit. The starting place was a long field near Harpenden Bury farm, the winning flags being placed in a large meadow near the cricket ground at the back of St. Michael's. The four miles included between forty and fifty fences, mostly light ones, three or four easy brooks, and the river, which happened to be fordable at the part crossed by the riders. There were a great number of ploughed fields in the first two miles, but the latter part was wholly grass. The line crossed the main road about a mile from the finish, the run in from this part being so well selected that spectators could see it without quitting the road ; indeed the greater part of the distance was so near to the turnpike road that those who •were on horseback or in carriages saw nearly the whole of the race. At half-past three, instead of twelve, as advertised, the follow ing horses started : Mr. Bryan's b. g. Red Deer to be ridden by 'Mr. Bean. Mr. Elmore's gr. g. Grimaldi Mr. Harris's ch. h. Prospero .. Mr. J. Mason Mr. Firth's gr. m. Laurestina Mr. Powell. Mr. Vetches b. h. Billiard Ball Red Deer backed against the field for small sums, but no other betting worth quoting. Prospero and Red Deer were a trifle in advance on starting, but nothing like running was made for the first mile, where Red Deer refused a fence in a lane. Laurestina at this point took the lead, which she kept, with Grimaldi, Red Deer, and Prospero close at her heels, fOr about a mile and a half ; here she fell at a fence, threw her rider, got away from him, jumped into the road, and ran nearly into the town before she was caught ; Mr. Powell, we regret to add, had his shoulder dislocated by the fall. Red Deer im mediately took up the work, followed by Grimaldi and Pros pero, and was first into the road, but refused the jump out of it, and enabled Grimaldi and Prospero to precede him into the field, the grey getting a start of sixty or seventy yards of Pros pero, and the latter almost as much of Red Deer ; these two, however, gained upon him every stride, and at the fence (a ditch, with a hedge and a drop on the other side), separating them from the last field but two, they were within three lengths of him ; the grey at first refused it, Prospero taking it and being first inw the field, Red Deer following him ; Grimaldi took it immediately after, caught his horses when about half way through the field, raced with Prospero about fifty or sixty yards, outpaced him, resumed his lead, and won by three lengths ; but had no sooner stopped than he reared up, fought the air for a moment, and dropped ; he was bled instantly, but in a few minutes the gallant animal ceased to exist. Red Deer overreached himself in the middle of the last field but one, tore off a shoe, fell, and came in third ; he was going very well at the time. Billiard B a ll was beaten off a lon g way. When we quitted the town it was reported that an o bj ect i on had been made to Mr. Elmore's receiving the stake, on the plea that Grimaldi did not return to the post. As Captain Beecher brought his weight to the scale, we apprehend that the objection is satisfactorily disposed of by No. 15 of the Jockey Club rules, which decides, that " If a rider be di s abled by an accident w hi c h s h a ll render him incapable of riding back, he may be led or carried to the scale." General Lord Lynedoch is, it is understood, to re tain the Governorship of Dumbarton Castle, which is not to be abolished during the life of that venerable Nobleman. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX M/tGI- STRATES. COUNTY BUSINESS. The Court met yesterday at twelve o'clock, for the pub pose of transacting the county business remaining over fro= the last county day. ELECTION FOR CHAIRMAN. Mr. GIBBONS moved to rescind a resolution passed on the 10th of January, 1833, which provided that, on any future vacancy in the office a Chairman, the person or persons proposed to fill the vacanf.b.y should be named on the county day of one session, and that the election should tak e place on the county day of the following session, from and after the next election. The Hon. Magistrate thought the resolution was absurd and derogatory to the Court. He thought that the Chairman should not be elected for six months, but should be rendered independent. Mr. FYLER seconded the motion. After a few words from Mr. Sergeant Adams, the Chair man (Sir W. Curtis), Mr, Fyler, and Mr. M'William, the motion was carried. The Court then adjourned. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of business. to receive a Report on the reference to them to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament against the establish ment of any Railway within the City of London, to consi der other Reports, and also the necessity of petitioning Par- , liament for the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge. THE PROJECTED RAILWAYS. Mr. Goss, the Chairman of the City Lands com mittee, brought up the RepoTt of the Committee with respect to the numerous Railwoys, of which notice has been given in the House of Commons. The Report re commended the,adoption of a petition Against them, as re garded their interference with the City of London and its Liberties. , iMr. Gibbs moved that the Cotift should agree with the Committee, and adopt the petition. The LORD.MAYOR hoped that the Court would not pray to be heard by Counsel against these Bills. Mr. GALLOWAY, although he did not differ very much from the object of the petition, still considered that, many passages in it were quite erroneous and absurd. After a short discussion, the Report ;vas agreed to, and the petition ordered to be presented to Parliament. GREENWICH-PIER BILL. The CHAIRMAN of the Navigation and Port of London Committee brought up the Report of the Committee, re commending that the pier of Greenwich should not be per mitted to project more than one hundred and sixty feet into the bed of the river. The Report was agreed to, and then referred back W the Committee to be carried into effect. NEWSPAPER DUTY. Mr. WIRE rose to move for the adoption of a petition to Parliament for the abolition of the stamp duty on newspa pers. It was, he said, known that the Chancellor of the Exchequer intended to reduce the duty from fourpence to a penny, without discount, a reduction which would be as far from curing the evils arising from the present taxes upon knowledge as the continuance of the existing duties. He contended that it was a gross tyranny towards the people to prevent them from the means of acquiring a knowledge of what was passing in Parliament and in the Courts of Jus tice, as the want of such knowledge might subject them to the penalties attached to the violation of laws of which it was impossible, except from the usual sources, they could know anything. He instanced the Dorchester labourers as victims to the ignorance which an unstamped and • well regulated Press might have effectually removed. The people were determined upon being informed, and if they tailed in obtaining information in consequence of the high price of the commodity, they would seek it from the less pure but much more cheap sources, and would then encou rage those who defied the laws, daily inflicted serious in jury upon the owners of the stamped Press, and had for their object the total destruction of society. He consi dered this not as a question of politics, but as a question affecting the mpral and religious rights of the community. —(Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving that a petition be presented to Parlinment for the abolition of the stamp duty on newspapers. Mr. RIcnARD TAYLOR seconded the motion. The pre sent tax, he said, established a monopoly in the hands of a very few persons, who kept the community under complete control. He would instance the conduct of the Morning Chronicle, which was so much in the habit of boasting of its liberality. Formerly, that Journal, when in the hands of Mr. Clement, published long accounts of the various meet ings which took place to petition for the removal of these obnoxious duties ; but now the slightest notice imaginable was taken of occasions of this kind in its columns, and the excuse was that the necessary notification was not made to the Editor. He supposed that the same excuse vould be made for the absence of the Guildhall meeting of Monday next from its columns—(A laugh)—but whatever migNt be the excuse the motive was palpable enough. The mon strous monopoly existing at present, and arising from this' taxation, enabled those who enjoyed it to calumniate public and private character, and the only way of meeting the evil effectually was by abolishing the duty altogetker. — (Hear, hear.) Mr. STEBBING did not see any occasion whatever for the petition. He apprehended that the removal of the tax •would not be of the least service to the humbler ranks of life, who were well able to take care of themselves, as far as reading Newspapers went, but whom the Government would essentially serve by taking off the malt tax.—(A laugh.) Much had been said about the anxiety for the removal of the stamp duties *ut he gave no credit to the arguments, and believed that they would be much better pleased with the removal of what were real grievances. Sir PETER LAURIE said that the Court were pushing the business of petitioning to such an extreme that its petitions would not have the least effect. As for the present peti tion, it was a mere clap-trap. If a man wanted knowledge he would go to look for it in other places than the columns of a newspaper, and to call the stamp-duty a tax on know ledge was sheer nonsense.—(A laugh.) He held this opi nion, although he knew that Mr. Wire was to have Mr., O'Connell and Mr. Hume down on Monday to give effect to the exhibition of his taxes on knowledge. He really considered it all neither more nor less than beautiful hum bug.—(A laugh.) Sir Peter then described the expenses which the stamped Press paid in its various departments, cnd declared that if the duty were taken off, the newspapers would be more.despicable even than those of America, which were not fit to be looked into by a decent man. Here Sir Peter Laurie spoke of the remarkable carelessness which prevailed in the Corporation with respect to this question, in proof of which he stated that there were no more than 50 or 60 Common Councilmen present out of 240. Mr. ALDERMAN—And there is no more than one Al derman present. The Loan MAYOR—Then there is no Court. I ant sorry that the business must stop. Several members said that the House of Commons fic quently transacted business when there was not a House. The LORD MAYOR—It has been noticed, and lam com pelled to say that we are adjourned. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS- TOM-HOUSE, MARCH 3. The Earl'of Liverpool, and the Britannia, from Ostand: Carl, Frederick, Hamburgh ; Mathilde, Antwerp; Resolu tion, Charente; Planter, Amsterdam; Corsair, Berbice; Magdalen, St. Mary's, Gambia: Strafford, South Seas ; Jonge Jan, Worcum; Belfast, Calais. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, MARCH 3. The Britannia, for Rotterdam; John Bull, and Perseve rance, Hamburgh ; William, Rio Janeiro ; Rossia, Elsinore and St. Pctersburgh ; Ambassador, Mauritius ; Prince of Waterloo, Ostend, Bruges, and Ghent ; Fanny, Vease, Oporto. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, MARCH 3. The Lively, for Bordeaux ; Hathamy, Bombay and Canton ; Ann, Antwerp ; Dart, Guernsey and Jersey ; Rosalind, Malta ; Saracen, Lisbon • Gesina, Amsterdam. .CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, MARCH 3. The Dorp Gustmeer, for Worcum ; Samuel, Hamburgh ; Neptune, Leer ; Joseph and Ann, Quebec and Portsmouth ; Reliance, South Seas. VESSELS, SPOKEN WITH. The Antoinette, from London to New York, on the 21st ult., in lat. 47., long. 20 , by the Aurora, arrived at Torbay. The William, of London, on the 12th ult., in lat. 40. N., long. 10., W., by the Otter, arrived in the Creek. The New Jane, in lat. 43., long. 49., by the Astrea, arrived at Lisbon. The Skylark, for Naples, with loss of bulwarks, and decks apparently swept, on the 3d ult., in lat. 37., long . 10., by the Busy, arrived at Torbay. The James, from Liverpool to Halifax, on the 12th ult., in lat. 44., long. 12., by the George IV., arrived in the River. The Martha, from Alexandria to Sierra Leone, on the 9th ult. ; out 52 days, 30 miles east of Gib raltar, by the Earl Grey, arrived off Falmouth. The appointmen A ssistan t-Ad'utant-Ge nera l o f t oi zi. t b li y e tnhoerth removalern district, Manchester, Col. A I s an h e a h w es K te e r n , n is ed a y bo t o ut th to e o b ffi e become vacant, vacant Inspec tor- General of th e constabulary force in Irel an d, un d er t h e provisions of the Bill now in progress through Parliament. The Gallant Officer has arrived at Fenton's Hotel, from Man chester, on official business connected with his appointment. The Journal des Debats speaks in the following terms of the illness of the King of Prussia:—" It is reported at Frankfort, and in 'all the little German States, that the health of his Majesty the Ki ng o f P russ i a seems to h av e been seriously attacked for some tiine past. Independently of the pain which this news naturally excites in all Germans, who aro full of respect and esteem for that august Sovereign' uneasi ness is remark e d especially among the manufacturing classe s, t g h e e n generous character, in which we butlipvee,rhaanpds who see in the Noble successor of that Monarch a g reat and " thteoocirmeuumchstiannecleinseidntwo:icahr for,‘,,e are placed.